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MONDAY,
News ? Editorials
JANUARY 19, 1920
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Adv ertiseme? tst
W E A T H E R
Fair to-day. To-morrow increising
cloudiness and ?armer, probably
snow at niiht: diminish?
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TWO CENTS
? In Greater New York and
within commuting distance
THKKE CKNTS
Else? Herr
Clemenceau
And Cabinet
Resign Posts
l?lerand, Called to Form ?
New Ministry, Is Also
Declared To Be Descha
neVs Choice for Premier
tutgoiiig Council
In Office 2 Years
Joincare and President
Elect in Agreement on
Selection of New Guide
PARIS. Jan. 18.?Premier Cle
renceau and members of his Cabi
nt resigned to-day. President Poin
cre to-night asked Alexandre Mil
Jrand, Governor of Alsace, to form
anew Cabinet. The outpoint?; min
iiry had been in office since Novem?
ber 16, 1917.
M. Millerand was first called to
the Elys?e Palace at 4:30 p. m.,
i where he remained ten minutes'with
I President Poincar?. He then con
| ferred with President-elect De
' gchanel, M. Clemenceau and Leon
Bourgeois, president of the National
Assembly, at their residences. He
returned to the Elys?e Palace at 7
o'clock, at which time M. Poincar?
formally requested him to form a
cabinet to succeed that of M. Cle?
menceau.
Wished Success by Deschanel
M. Millerand said President Poin.
care had asked him to consult with
M. Deschanel before undertaking
the task. M. Millerand said to-night
that he had had a long and cordial
conversation with M. Deschanel,
who gave him his best wishes for
success.
The Millerand Cabinet probably will
be as follows:
Premier and Foreign Minister, Alex?
andre Millerand.
Minister of Justice. M. 1'Hopiteau.
Minister of the Interior, Andre Hon?
or?t.
Minister of War., Raoul Peret.
Minister of Marine. M. Landry.
Minister of. Public Instruction, Vie?
il- Berard.
Minister of Commerce. M. Isaac.
> Minister of Colonies, Albert Sarraut.
Minister of Public Works ar.d Trar.g
' irtation, Paul Bignon.
Minister of Labor. Paul Jourdain.
3 All are deputies except M. Berard.
\ is understood that Premier Millerand
lili ask Captain Andre Tardieu to re?
im *he portfolio of liberated regions.
Poinrare Praises Clemenceau
President Poincar?, after receiving
Premier Clemenceau and all the Min
5 er? and sub-secretaries and receiv
rc their resignations this morning,
ept M. Clemenceau three-quarters of
n hour. He expressed the gratitude
f France for the Premier's Bervices
nd his personal appreciation of their
rcellent relations.
When leaving the Elys?e Palace this
oming M. Clemenceau said he had
erely thanked President Poincar? for
s collaboration in the dark days of
e war and for the President's good
11. President I'oincare replied in
ttering terms.
"We can add." ays the Havas
?ency. "that President Poincar? re
.ed M. Clemenceau'a part in the
rk of national defense and added
tt through him the whole of France
rked f'lemenceau and that Cleruen
?j would retain this unalterable
titude."
?. Clemenceau declared to-day that
intended to leave shortly for Egypt
? a sojourn of two months.
''"-resident Poincar? visited M. De?
schanel at the Bourbon Palace at 2
o'clock this afternoon to discuss the
lituation and decide who should bo
entrusted with the task of forming a
cabinet. He then received M. Bour?
geois at the Elys?e Psiace to consult
?ith him regarding the choice of a
Premier.
Millerand Selected by Deschanel
According to the "Oeuvre," M. De
?chane! has informed his frionds that
M. Miiierand will be the first premier
?j nil term as President, which will
i*g;n February 18. It is generally con
-?aered impossible that a Cabinet
sficjld be formed for the month only,
'??'inch elaps?-? before M. Decchanel
taicei office. It ia believed M. Poincar?
o **tir,g ?n close agreement with the
President-elect with regard to the
?hoi?e of a Premier to succeed M.
Ciereenceau and that M, Deschanel will
confirm M. Posnear?'s choice on Feb?
ruary Y>i.
Ka'iy this evenir.? M. Deschanel
celled at the Elys?e Palace to pay a
?orrra! visit to Mme. Poincar?.
Fret', comment on 'he Presidential
*ieeti?ti limits, itself this morning to
ja. Detehanel'a Qualification for the of?
fice, Tithout drawing comparisons be?
tween him and Premier Clemenceau,
*no ?week ago wa?? considered as goo'i
?? tketed.
Prance to Sustain League
M- Qcmenceau's newspaper "L'Homme
'??Or?/ ?ay? the enormous majority M.
-?eKhnel obtained will ".?.how the
***M that France intends to pursui
b* execution of the Treaty of Ver
JMHsiand preserve the. name attitude
Wr.rt the Allies and enemies of yes
Wrdaj
Th latter," it continue?, "should
^?'u^,jV/ hope to spring up because
*? jLDcsehnale's entry to the Elys?e
?''*? Accepted clauses of the treaty
?'? b applied, and the French govern
???-:'. ?rill sustain ?he young society
?? Setene ??
, y Hi man it*" thug refer? to Pre
,"*r ftcmsneeau; "One of our most
**^rt?T;?-'? enemies ,a struck down,
. - ? feeling of relief throughout
^??t f>rgari)/.ationH will be general."
??!( proposed by "The Avenir" that
i?** Poineair* should at. once
f*pres,nt France on the Supreme
;'-'"? and continue to exercise that
?"?'..?R ??,hen M Deschanel ha?
- *'( M <jffir.*>.
,ft* *f the last acts of M. Clemen
'* ? " nlater of War was the op
fftttinwed on next page
Allies in Demanding Kaiser
Tell Holland He Is Guilty
Dutch Are Informed That Responsibility for
Army's Deeds Rests With Wilhelm and It Is
Their Duty to Aid in Prosecuting Him
FAKIR. Jan. 18 (By The Associated
Press). - The Supreme Council's note
to the Dutch government, asking that
the former German Emperor be given
up to the Allies under Article 227 of
the Versailles treaty for trial, points
out that if the former Emperor had
remained in Germany lie would have
been delivered up under the same con?
ditions by the German government.
"Among so many crimes," the note
recalls, "the cynical violation,of the
neutrality of Belgium and Luxembourg,
the barbarous system of hostages,
massed deportations, systematic dev?
astation without military reasons, the
submarine war," and declares "for all
of which acts responsibility, at least
moral, reaches the supreme chief, who
ordered them or abused his unlimited
powers to break, or permit others to
break, the most sacred rules of human
conscience.
''The powers cannot conceive," the
rote adds, "than the Netherlands would
regard with less reprobation than
themselves the immense responsibility
weighing upon the ex-Emperor.
"Holland would not be fulfilling her I
international duty if she refused to
associate herself with ether nations,
so far as she is able, to prosecute,
or at least not to impede tho punish?
ment of crimes committed."
The note points out that it is the
duty of the powers to insure execution
of Article 227 without entering
into argument, because "it is not a
question of public accusation having
throughout a legal character, but an
act of high international policy im?
posed by the universal conscience, in
which legal forms are employed solely
to insure the aoensed body guaranties
Poland Swept by Deadly
Epidemic of Influenza
% ictinig Die in 21 Hour? and
Warsaw Sees Constant Pro?
cession of Funerals
PARIS, Jan. 18.-Influenza in a form
so virulant as to baffle the medical
authorities is sweeping through Po?
land, according to American Bed
Cross reports. The disease is marked
by the suddenness of attack and the
high percentage of fatalities. Hun?
dreds of persons are dying daily in
Warsaw, the reports show, while three
fourths of the hospital attendants have
been stricktn.
Red Cross doctors who had experi?
ence with influenza epidemics in the
United States and France say they are
amazed at the almost instant infection
upon exposure and the quick develop
ment of the disease. Death in many !
cases occurs within twenty-four hours.
Women and young people appear to I
be particularly susceptible. There is |
almost a constant succession of j
funerals at Warsaw, many of them be- '
ing held at night, the pallbearers I
carrying torches in accordance with
the Polish custom.
This is the third influenza epidemic
Poland has suffered.
BERNE, Jan. 18. ? Influenza and
sleeping sickness have been reported
from several localities in Switzerland.
Numerous deaths from influenza are
said to have resulted in the Vorarlberg
region, whore 300 cases of the dis?
ease have been reported. Near Coppet
two daughters of a' teacher named
Guiganard suffered from what was
diagnosed as sleeping sickneS?. One
of the patients died.
Sultan Says Turkey Was
In War on Wrong Side
National "Mistake" Referred to I
in Speech at Opening of
Parliament
PARIS, Jan. 18.?In his speech from |
the throne at the opening of the Turk- I
ish Parliament Monday the Sultan re- I
ferred to "Turkey's mistake in enter- |
ing the war on the Teutonic side," ac?
cording to reports of tho speech just
received here from Constantinople.
The speech, read by the Minister of !
the Interior because of the indispo- i
sition of the Sultan, dwelt at length
on the fact that while the armistice
had been in effect for fourteen months ]
the forces of the Allies still occupied
certain parts of the empire.
Greek occupation of Smyrna, the
Sultan said, increased the difficulties, ;
but he added:
"It is unnecessary at this time to ,
explain the gravity of our situation.
Prudence, clear-sightedness, firmness '
and patriotism ought to lead us to
safety and success. Justice is the
foundation on which all human so- j
ciety rests."
-?
1,000 U. S. Deserters
Sought by Paris Police,
Homeless and Penniless Sol-1
diers Accused of Thievery
in French Capital
PARIS, January 18.? One thousand ?
deserters from the American army
still remain in and around Paris, ac?
cording to official announcement. Many
of the deserters are without domiciles
and are experiencing such financial
embarrassment that, according to the
French police, they have resorted to
misdemeanors, such a? petty thieving
and larcenies in order to obtain the
means of subsistence. The situation
is Mich that the French authorities
are planning a general raid. A drag?
net will be thrown out for the arrest
of all persons wearing American uni?
form? who are not supplied with
proper credential? and leaves of ab
sence.
Lieutenant Colonel T. Bentley Mott,
military attache at the American Km
\>nnny, ha* been authorized by the War
Department to hold a court martial on
any American soldier arrested.
, -? -?
I ft, GETS FOREfON THADK.
lH-mmnA for {.?ligua*?? In?rea.M>?.
The foreign lra<l? ntUnulu? hum opened *
mi, Id rOfld to advancement '?' tllOie who
i.nr/. foreign language?. The <-oMln?
4, r ?il ?my ?' 12 K?tA 46th Street ha? Isaued
? >t p?g< book, entltlad "Language Logic,"
tirtituu*li Illustrated, d<>?< rir.in? ??> marvel
.,-,,? w?y In gel ??> urnt Hi al -i ? i ?? I"?
rjowlengew.f foreign langting?* ulrrtpl) by
....,,..,? nil |/ op?red p' onogruph
,.., ,)f,i? i .., .!" n Him I hi i ? !?'.'>, ;?
win i/'- ?Mil free lo ihonti who wrlto for
tbetlV-Atrrt.
such as hitherto have been unknown in
public law."
The note concludes bv expressing
the conviction that Holland, one of the
first to claim a place in the league of
nations, will not desire to cover by
moral authority violation of the essen?
tial principles of the solidarity of na?
tions, and that all are interested to
prevent a return of a similar catastro?
phe.
Tho "Temps" to-day asserts that the
general secretary of the peace confer?
ence has handed the Supreme Council's
note to the Dutch Minister.
GENEVA, Jan. 18.?The demand of
the Allies upon Holland for the ex?
tradition of former Emperor William
is being given great attention in
official circles here, as it is believed
the result o? the demand will deter?
mine the status of political refugees
in Switzerland, of whom there are
many. Former Emperor Charles of
Austria and former King Ludwig of
Bavaria both are in Switzerland.
It is also reported that a number
of persons who are expected to be de?
manded by the Allies from Germany
are residing in this country.
BERLIN, Jan. 18.?A convention of
bishops is to be held shortly at Fulda,
during which a petition will be ad?
dressed to Pope Benedict to request
the Entente to desist from demanding
the extradition of persons charged
with war crimes.
The bishops have issued a proclama?
tion calling on Germans to unite in
opposing the surrender of these per?
sons, "the threat of which is driving
men to suicide." It calls on the coun?
try to prevent any train passing the
frontier bearing German men to face a
hostile court.
Liquor Craft
Near Wreck
Off Cape May
Yarmouth, With $2,000,000
"Wet" Cargo for Havana,
Is Being Towed Back by
Ship Sent to the Rescue
The freighter Yarmouth, bound for
Havana with 20,000 cases of whisky,
gin and champagne, valued at $2,000,
000, reported by radio last night that
she was sinking thirty-five miles east
of Cape May, N. J. The coast guard
cutter Itasca and two steamers were
dispatched from New York to her as?
sistance. Later'trrerrhreea reported she
had taken the Yarmouth in tow and
was proceeding with her to' New York.
The Yarmouth, of British registry, is
operated by the Black Star Line, a cor?
poration recently founded by local
negroes. She is of 725 tons.
When the vessel went down the East
River Saturday on her way to sea, it
was observed that she listed heavily
to starboard. This may have been ac?
counted for by the fact that 3,000 cases
of liquor, for which cargo space had
been calculated, had not been loaded
by midnight Friday and were seized by
revenue agents, who, watches in their
hands, had witnessed the efforts of the
longshoremen to finish their labors
before the Eighteenth Amendment
went into effect.
The first radio distress messnge from
the Yarmouth was picked up at Boston.
The wireless said the forward ballast
tank was leaking into the engine-room
and that a heavy mist prevailed. The
ship's position was stated in a radio
to Philadelphia to be twenty-four
miles east of North End Lightship.
The Yarmouth's "wet" cargo was
brought to New York by rail and boat
last week. While the liquor was on
Pier 22 tho police of the Oak Street
station were kept busy taking into
custody waterfront hangers-on who
had helped themselves and become in?
toxicated.
$200,000 Fur and Jewel
Thefts Charged to Maid
_.
Negro Woman Is Accused of
Ransacking Homes Where
She Was Employed
Linzzine Thomas, a negro, who is
accused of stealing about $200,000
worth of furs and jewelry from persons
employing her as a maid, was held for
examination yesterday in Jefferson
Market police court.
Mrs. H. M. Wykes, of 1 West Ninety
fourth Street, told Magistrate Ten Eyck
that she hired the woman Friday morn?
ing and in the afternoon found her
home ransacked and the maid gone.
About $1,000 worth of furs and jewelry
was stolen, she said.
Detective Jenkins who arrested the
woman, said that most of the stolen
?roperty had been found in pawnshops,
le had with him a pearl necklace,
which he said was worth $12,000 and
nearly fifty other pieces of jewelry,
valued at about $20,000.
Transport in
Peril With i
500Aboard!
U. S. S. Powhatan, Once
the Yacht of Ex-Kaiser,
Reports Boiler Room
Flooded, Pumps Failing
Craft Will Be
Towed to Halifax
?Two Vessels Stand By to
Aid Boat, Former Ham?
burg - American Liner
BOSTON, Jan. 18.--The United
States army transport Powhatan, with
600 persons aboard, sent word by radio
to-day that sho was in distress about
500 miles east of New York. The
boiler room was said to be flooded,
with the water gaining and help from
. the pumps uncertain. The steamships
J Western Comet and Cedric, which re
i plied to the distress calls, were asked
to stand by.
Captain Randall, who signed the
i messages, gave the position of the
j Powhatan as latitude 41.05 north, long?
itude 62.01 west.
j A later message from Captain Itan
Idftllsaid the Powhatan was in no im
| mediate danger and probably would be
? floated into Halifax, the nearest port.
Pipes Choked, Water Gains
j The first message said the trans
! port's iireroom was flooded, with the
j pipes choked and water gaining. In
I a second message Captain Randall
I said: "We have 600 persons on bourd.
Boiler room flooded. Desire ships
stand by until results of attempt to
, raise Bteam to start pumps is known."
The coast guard cutters Ossipee, at
! Fortsmouth, N. H.; Acushnet, at Woods
I Hole, and Gresham, at this port, to
| night were ordered to the assistance
I of the Powhatan.
j The Powhatan. which was formerly
\ the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg,
j and prior to that, tho private yacht of
William Hohenzollern, the former Ger
I man Emperor, sailed from New York
for Antwerp on Friday morning, with
271 military and civilian passengers, it
was announced at the army transport,
offices. She carried a crew of 150 men
and had aboard a cargo of military
supplies.
The passenger list of the Powhatan,
army officials said, was classed as fol?
lows: 183 military, 84 War Department,
2 Commerce Department and 2 Navy
Department. Included among these
was a party of 6eventy-five service
men and officers, who were on their
way to the French battlefields to be
i gin the work of returning tho bodies
of American soldier dead to this coun
I try. The expedition was in charge of
'?? Herbert'S. PoroTHBrir?-?ormer artillery
officer of the Rainbow Division.
Wireless Reaches New York
The first wireless message received
at the army transport office in New
York from Captain Randall, the ship's
commander, gave the vessel's position
as latitude 41.05 and longitude 62.14,
which army officials said was approxi?
mately 700 miles east of New York.
The message said:
"Ship leaking in fire room. Fire
; room flooded. Steam not sufficient to
I operate pumps. Assistance requested.
Northeastern gale blowing."
Shortly afterward enotner message
reported that the White Star liner
! Cedric was standing by. Colonel Mitch
t ell, in charge of the army transport
office, asked the naval authorities at
Halifax to send tugs to the assistance
i of the vessel immediately.
It was on the Powhatan that former
: Emperor Wilhelm visited England in
1906. At this time he was reputed
j to have paid the Hamburg-American
''? line $4,256 a day for the use of the
! liner, which was then known au the
j Hamburg.
Later the vessel wtiR used to carry
Theodore Roosevelt and his party to
Europe in March, 1909, when he made
his trip to Africa hunting big game.
! In 1914 the liner was chartered by the
! American Red Cross to take doctors
? and nurses to the European war zone,
' and made a number of trips in this
capacity, under the name Red Cross,
when the United States entered the
war in 1017 tjie Red Cross was re?
named Powhatan and placed in the
transport service. The vessel carried
? thousands of soldiers to Europe and
return without incident, beginning her
last trip on September 23, 1919.
$100,000 Loot Recovered
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 18.-?Securi?
ties and other loot valued at more than
$100,000. taken from a mail car of a
Southern Pacific train by a lone bandit
last night, were recovered by railroad
detectves near here to-day.
That the robbery may total $200.000
? or more is the belief of the railroad of
i ficials. The exact amount cannot be
determined until a cheek is made of
the records. No trace of the robber
was found during the day.
7,000-Foot Fall Survived
GENEVA, Jan. 18.?Sightseers at
Lucerne yesterday Raw a flaming aero?
plane crash to earth from a position
7,000 feet aloft, where it was outlined
against the top of Pilatus mountain,
i The machine was destroyed, but the
aviator escaped with only slight burns.
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L?nine Hurls Huge
Force Upon Letts
Reinforcements Include
Chinese Regiments; At
tacks Are Repulsed
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18.?The Bol
?iieviki are throwing large forces on
the Lettish front, including Chinese
regiments, says a dispatch to the offi?
cial Lettish bureau from Riga.
"The Letts everywhere," says the
dispatch, "have repulsed the enemy's
powerful counter attacks with enor?
mous enemy losses and captured a
number of villages in the advance on
Rjesshitza. They also have captured
the junction of St. Pytalowo and many
villages in the direction of Pskov."
The defeat and retirement of Ad?
miral Kolchak on the Siberian front
and of General Denikine on She south?
ern Russian front have made it pos?
sible for the Moscow government to
send reinforcements to its western
forces.
| BERNE. Jan. 18.?Considerable Bol
I shevik forces are menacing the Ukrain?
ian and Polish fronts, according to a
message received to-day by the Ukrain?
ian mission here.
Polish Nation
Is Absolved of
Slaying Jews
i Morgenthau Mission Finds
Excesses Were Result of
Anti - Semitic Prejudice;
Crimes Not Premeditated
Details of excesses committed
against the Jews in Poland, in which
252 members of the race were the
victims of mob violence, are given in
the report of the mission headed by
Henry Morgenthau, which investigated
these outbreaks, and which was made
public in New York last night. The
mission, which was appointed by Sec?
retary Lansing on the request of
Ignace Paderewski, then President of
the Polish Council of Ministers, was
composed of, in addition to Mr. Morgen?
thau, Brigadier General Edgar Jadwin
and Homer H. Johnson.
It arrived in Warsaw on July 13,
1919, and remained in Poland for two
months, during which time it traveled
by automobiles more than 2,500 miles,
making a personal investigation in
every town where anti-Jewish out?
breaks had been reported.
Fails to Fix Blame
While admitting that in eight specific
cases the Jews had been made the tar?
get of outrage, pillage and murder,
the report of the mission declares that
it would be unfair to place the blame
, for -these excesses on the Polish
nation as a whole.
"Just as tho Jews," the report says,
"would resent being condemned as a
race for the action of a few of their
undesirable coreligionists, so it would
he correspondingly unfair to condemn
the Polish nation as a whole for the
violence committed by uncontrolled
troops or local mobs.
"These excesses were apparently not
premeditated, (or if they had been
part of a preconceived plan the num?
ber of killed would have run into the
thousands instead of amounting to
about 280. It is believed that Shese ex?
cesses were the result of a widespread
anti-Semitic prejudice, aggravated by
the belief that the Jewish inhabitants
were politically hostile to the Polish
state." The report in part follows:
"When in November, 1918, the Aus?
trian and German armies of occupation
left Poland there was no firm govern?
ment until the arrival of General P?1
sudski, who had escaped from a Ger?
man prison, and it was during this
period, before the Polish Republic came
into being, that the first of the excesses
took place. The use of the word 'po?
grom' had purposely been avoided, as
the word is applied to everything from
petty outrages to premeditated and
carefully organized massacres. No
fixed definition is generally understood.
There were eight principal excesses,
which are here described in chronolog?
ical order:
1. Rielce November 11. 1918
Shortly after the evacuation of the
Austrian troops from Kielce the Jews
of this city secured permission from
the local authorities to hold a meeting
in the Polski Theatre. At 6:30 p. m.
the meeting began to break up, and
when only about 300 people remained
in the theater some militiamen entered
and began to search for arms. A short
while thereafter, while the militia?
men were still in the building, a crowd
of civilians and some soldiers came
into the auditorium and drove the Jews
toward the stairs. On the stairs there
was a double line of men armed with
clubs and bayonets, and they beat the*
Jews as they left Hie building. After th?
Jews reached the street they were
again beaten by the mob outside. As
the result of this attack four Jews
were killed and a large number
wounded. A number of civilians have
been indicted for participation in this
excess, but have not as yet been
brought to trial.
2. Lemberg, November 21-23, 1918
"Upon the final departure of the
Ukranians disreputable elements plun?
dered to the extent of many millions
of crowns the dwellings and stores in
the Jewish quarter and did not hesi?
tate to murder when they met with
resistance. During the ensuing dis?
orders, which prevailed on Novem?
ber 21, 22 and 2,'i. sixty-four Jews were
killed and a large amount of property
destroyed. Thirty-eight houses were
set on lire and owing to She paralysis
of the Fire Department were com?
pletely gutted. The synagogue was
also burned and a large number of the
sacred scrolls of the law were de?
stroyed.
3. Pinsk, April 5, 1919
"Late in the afternoon of April 5.
1919, a month or more after the Polish
occupation of Pinsk, some, seventy-five
Jews of both sexes, with the official
permission of the town commander,
gathered in the assembly hall at the
People's House in Kupieeka Street, to
discuss the distribution of relief sent
by the American Joint Distribution
Committee. As the meeting was about
to adjourn it whs interrupted by a
band of soldiers, who arrested and
searched the whole assembly, and after
robbing the prisoners marched them at
?i rapid paco to gendarmerie head?
quarters. Thence the prisoners were
conducted to the mnrkct place and
lined up against the wall <>f the cnthe
dral. With no lights except the Inmns
Continued on ?>u?/e Hirer,
Senate to Seek Full Facts
On Sims Charges; Daniels
Denies Anti-British Order
Bryan Calls |
Party to End j
Treaty Delay |
Loves Democracy Too
Well to Let It "Run
Into Crime of Making
Peace Campaign Issue"
William Jennings Bryan demanded
: last night that the Democratic party
, abandon any plan to use the peace
treaty as a campaign issue, and bring
about ratification of the covenant at
once by compromise.
He flatly announced that he loved his
party too well "to permit it to run into
the danger of that crime," when he re
I ferred to the possibility of delaying
i final settlement of the war until after
the Presidential election.
Moreover, he openly intimated that
j he would not follow the party into any
j plan that involved further delay in rat?
ification of the treaty. In the face of
I such delay, he asked how it would be
possible to hold Republican Senators
responsible for the six months they
had held up the treaty by filibustering
i methods.
Like Bryan of Years Ago
Colonel Bryan's remarks took the
form of an extemporaneous speech be?
fore the Society of Arts and Letters at
the Hotel Astor. He took pains to ex?
plain that ho had not expected to make
such a speech and that he had not pre?
pared it. He made it plain that the
sentiments he uttered were his fixed
opinions, however, and in calling upon
his party to cease delays that are pre?
venting final settlement of the World
War rose to flights of oratory that re?
called the Bryan of years ago.
Senator Robert L. Owen and former
Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri,
both advocates of ratification by com?
promise and the acceptance of reser?
vations, preceded Colonel Bryan on the
speaking list. They expressed the be?
lief that immediate action should be
taken to bring about a compromise
that would remove the peace covenant
from the realm of politics.
A political tone was given the meet?
ing by the numerous significant trib?
utes paid to the brand of statecraft
; exhibited by Mr. Bryan by all of the
j speakers. James W. Gerard, who acted
as toastmaster, declared that the Com
I moner probably had done much more
| for humanity as a civilian than had
! many Presidents in their official ca
! pacities.
Mayor and Nixon Present
Arid not tho least interesting picture
i presented at tho dinner was the ap?
pearance of Mayor Hylan and his arch
enemy on traction matters, Lewis
Nixon, seated together at the speakers'
table. Colonel Bryan and several other
notables separated them, however, and
they did not approach ono another
I throughout the evening's program.
i Mr. Bryan opened his remarks by
calling attention to the significance of
the d?but of the woman voter in poli
I tics almost simultaneously with the de
j parture of John Barleycorn from that
j field of activities--and all others, for
that matter.
| "On last Friday night the most cor
| rupting influence ever known in Ameri?
can politics went out," he eaid. "And
just as liquor passes and is forever
dead, woman enters as an important
and active factor in politics. I think
this one of the most, significant signs
? of the present trend of events."
Mr. Bryan then referred to his recent
Jackson Day speech and his obvious
differences with President Wilson,
which resulted in" stories of a split in
the party.
"I recently had occasion to make a
speech in Washington," he said. "At
the same time the President wrote a
letter. Of course, I didn't know what
the President was going to say in his
letter and he didn't know what I was
going to say in my speech. I wouldn't
have changed anything I was going to
say, even if I had known what the
President was going to say.
i,. "I wouldn't belong to a party that
could dictate to me. I have a right to
my own views, and I hope to retain
that right.
Not a Perfect Treaty
"1 believe the President got a better
treaty than anybody had a right to ex?
pect him to get. You must remember
that we and we alone were the only
: people who went into the peace parley
without asking for a single favor.
"You must remember, too. that the
other representatives of belligerents
luid to bear in mind the attitude of
their people. They knew that if every?
thing was taken away from Germany
the price would not come even near to
paying for the suffering and losses the
Germans had incurred during the war.
The people of these other countries
wanted to use the victory to obtain
whatever redress they thought might
be obtained in that way.
"When I urged ratification without
reservation I did so not because I
thought it was a perfect treaty, but
because 1 thought it would be the bet?
ter procedure to go into the League
i of Nations and then obtain such
f changes as might seem necessary for
I the good of all parties concerned.
"I hope that outside influences now
will get together and push so hard
that they will break the shell of op?
position to a settlement in tho Senate
and coerce that boity into a compro?
mise that can be accepted by an over?
whelming majority.
"I venture to suggest that the Demo
I cratic party cannot afford to go before
! the country with responsibility for
1 this long delay in ratification of the
! treuty resting upon it. A compromise
should he brought about to prevent the
? fibilustering that will prevent the
minority from working its will on the
majority. This is a government by a
majority, and whenever I have dis?
covered that the majority has over
?ontinued <xn next page
LiftingBan Ca lied
A Soviet Triumph
LONDON, Jan. 18.^-The news?
papers of Moscow describe the
partial lifting by the Allies of the
blockade against Russia as a
great triumph for the soviet
power and proof that the soviet
government is established.
The papers declare it has I
brought about a great advance j
toward reconstruction, says a j
Moscow wireless dispatch re
! ceived here this evening.
It is added that it will be dim- j
! cult for Allied ships to enter
Russian ports unless some sort ?
I of an armistice is arranged.
Llovd George
Opposes Using
Force in Russia
Declares War Office Project
to Crush Bolshevism in
Its Nest Might Result in
Solidifying Slav Factions
PARIS, Jan. 18 (By The Associated
| Press). ?The communication concern
j ing the Bolshevik menace recently
j issued by the war office at London was
! in consequence of a departmental
I policy divergent from that of Premier
Lloyd George, the correspondent is
informed upon the highest authority.
Winston Spencer Churchill, the British
Secretary for War, has fold Mr.
, Lloyd George that he did not know
about the issuance of the communi?
cation, but that he believed the Prime
Minister underestimated the danger
from the spread of armed Bolshevism.
It has been explained to the Prime
j Minister that the war office associates
j of Mr. Churchill, knowing how strongly
i he felt on the subject of Bolshevism,
undertook to influence public opinion
in the direction of their chief's con?
victions. I
If Mr. Churchill's views were ac- j
; cepted the Allies would invade Russia ;
i for the purpose of destroying Bolshe- j
] vism in its home, while Mr. Lloyd
! George's view is that that would
j amount to war against Soviet Russia i
' and would only solidify the Russian ?
! people.
Compared to France in 1793
Mr. Lloyd George compares the situa- '
tioiv respecting Russia to-day with that ?
of France after 1793 to the end,of the :
century. Military pressure from with- !
out, the Premier affirms, united the j
French people behind the revolutionary '
government, so that they were able not :
only to make headway against foreign 1
enemies, but vain victories. That is pre- :
cisely what Europe might see, Mr.
: Lloyd George holds, if Mr. Churchill's '
; point of view were allowed to influence
! the British and French cabinets.
; Hence Mr. Lloyd George on the very
i day the communication was issued by
j the British War Office insisted upon
the Supreme Council partially raising
the blockade against Russia, the Allied
Prime Ministers intending to show in-;
| direct acceptance of the changed condi?
tions in Russia by permitting free
trade in food, clothing and other non
| military commodities without diplo- '
| matic relations.
These trade arrangements are not
' yet clearly defined. They were made
: through representatives of Russian co
1 operative societies in Paris, who say
j they have been informed that the Soviet
; government equally countenances trade
? without regard to political relation
: ships.
The Italians take no part in the mili
\ tary conferences. Field Marshal; Foch
; and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
form the inter-Allied military council
so far as consideration of middle and.
Near Eastern questions are concerned
They met yesterday and to-day, and
their deliberations, the correspondent
is informed, have had more to do with
restraining Polish military operations
I against Russia than with supporting
| those operations by aid from abroad.
The Prime Ministers took up the
?Polish question seriously Thursday and
? Friday. Their information was that
i the Polish armies have during recent
weeks occupied considerable territory
beyond the Polish boundaries and be?
longing formerly to Russia. The Prime;
? Ministers warned the Polish govern?
ment that they could not support a
policy of expansion.
Poles Advised to Retire
They requested M. Padek, the Polish
Foreign Minister^.jJiow in Paris, to ad
! vise Poland to evacuate and abandon
; Russinn occupied territories and thus
! avoid giving cause for attack by the
I Soviet government. This M. Padek
| refused to do.
One of the principal military and
: political problems not yet determined
: by the Supreme Council and its mili?
tary advisers is what should be done
; if the Soviet forces drive the Poles
from the occupied territories and fol
i low them into Poland. The Prime
. Ministers admit that they are much
; embarrassed by the Polish govern
I merit's refusal t? retire within the
'? boundaries fixed by the Supreme Coun?
cil, holding instead those based on
historical claims which are deemed
vague by the council.
; Soviet Bans Death Penalty
i Those Already Ordered Execut?
ed to Receive Commutation
LONDON, Jan. 18?-The Central
Soviet government in Russia has de?
creed the abolition of capital punish
: ment and directed all tribunals that
! where death sentences already have
' been passed, they shall be commuted
j to varying term.-i of imprisonment at
hard labor, according to a wireless dis?
patch received from Moscow to-night.
Secretary's Denial I#
Made in a Letter to
Chairman Page of the
Naval Affairs Committee
Accusations Based
On Opinion, He Says
Admiral Benson Called to
Washington; He May
Be Witness at Hearing
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. ? A.
sweeping inquiry into the entire
conduct of the American Navy dur?
ing the war. with particular refer?
ence to the grave charges of lack
of cooperation extended the over.
seas forces, disclosed by Rear Ad?
miral Sims in his startling testi?
mony before the Senate sub-corn,
mittee yesterday, is expected to ba
ordered by the full Senate Com?
mittee on Naval Affairs when it
meets to-morrow morning.
Secretary Daniels to-night de?
clared that he did not instruct Ad?
miral Sims "not to let the British
pull the wool over his eyes" and
that the United States "would as
soon fight the British as the Ger?
mans." His denial was made in a
letter to Chairman Tape, of the Sen?
ate Committee on Naval Affairs. He
did not reveal who gave the instruc?
tions, which Admiral Sims has
charged were given him by a high
official.
Calls Charges Unjustified
The Secretary informed Senator
j Page that the Sims letter criticizing
the navy had been referred to the
i General Board of the Navy for ac
j tion. He added that the allegations
reflecting on the navy's prosecution
of the war would at "the proper
time" be shown to have beim based
on opinion and to have been, with?
out justification.
Admiral Sims'.s letter, charging
that Secretary of the Navy Daniels
and his associates in Washington,
through lack of cooperation with the
forces in foreign waters, had pro?
longed the war, will be laid before
the Senate Committee to-morrow t.y
Chairman Hale, of the sub-com?
mittee, in an executive session. The
committee will be urged to present
to the Senate, when it convenes at.
noon, a resolution authorizing a
thorough investigation of the navy's.
part in the war. I
Publicity a Duly
The statement of Admiral Sims
that verbal orders issued to him on
the eve of his departure for Europe
reflected directly upon the British
will be gone into thoroughly by the
Senate, it was believed to-day.
Senators frankly admitted that the
charges made by the Commander
in-Chief of the American sea forces
in the battle zone call for the most,
searching inquiry. The sensational
charges advanced by Senator Cham?
berlain covering the blunders of the
War Department in the early part
of the war. Senators declared, are
regarded as far less startlinp: thar
the disclosures made by Admira,
Sims, and to bring the full details
before the public is held to be th<
Senate's duty.
Charges Referred to Board
Secretary Daniels in his letter t<
Chairman Page to-night said:
"I oTjfierve that Hoar Admiral Sim
on Saturday read to a sub-committe
of the Naval Atfairs Committee of th
Senate a copy of the paper recentl
sent to the Department, which he en
titled 'Certain Naval Lessons.of th
Great War.'
'"fee original of this has been re
ierren to the General Board of th
navy for action. At the proper tira
and in the proper way any fair n.inde
inve:/gator will be convinced that th
allegations reflecting upon the vigoi
ous, effective and successful proseci
tion of the war so fiir as the Navy De
partment and the entire navy are cor
cerned are based upon opinions whic
are without justification.
Daniel? Disclaims Responsibility
'"It is not my purpose at this tin
to comment on the letter as a whol
but one passage is of such a natur
having a bearing as it does upon inte
national relations, that I wish to bi
that never to Rear Admiral Sims d
I say:
"'Don't let the British pull the wo
over your eyes. It is none of our bus
ness pulling their chestnuts out of t!
lire. We would as soon fight the Bri
ish as the Germans."
"In the latter part of March. 191
after relations had been broken c
with Germany and the American na'
had begun to arm merchant ship
Rear Admiral Pirns was summoned
Washington. He was informed by n
that he had been selected to go
London as special and confidential re
1 resentative of the N'avy Departmer
He was given explicit verbal instru
tions to visit the American Ambass
dor at London, to get in touch with tl
British Admiralty, to investigate t
sinkings by submarines and the sit
ation generally and to infrom the N'a
Department fully. Of course, his m
sion was confidential, as the Unit
?States was thon n neutral.
"At that time Congress had not i
dared war. Rear Admiral Sims w